Public Policy Leadership (BA)
Description
The B.A. in public policy leadership prepares high-performing students for positions of leadership in an increasingly complex world. The interdisciplinary curriculum for the major incorporates economics, geography, history, philosophy, political science, and psychology. The program emphasizes the global nature of responsible decision making, the ethical imperatives of leadership, critical thinking and communication skills, and the quantitative skills necessary for careful policy analysis.
Minimum Total Credit Hours: 120
Degree Requirements
The academic regulations for this degree program, as entered in the University of Mississippi Catalog, are in effect for the current or selected academic year and semester. The University of Mississippi reserves the right to
- change or withdraw courses;
- change rules for registration, instruction, and graduation; and
- change other regulations affecting the student body at any time.
General Education
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Select one of the following First Year Writing I courses: | 3 | |
| Introduction to College Writing | ||
or WRIT 1010 | First-Year Writing I | |
| Select one of the following First Year Writing II courses: | 3 | |
| First-Year Writing II | ||
or LIBA 1020 | First Year Seminar | |
| Select six hours of literature survey from the following: | 6 | |
| Survey in Literary History | ||
| Survey of World Literature to 1650 | ||
| Survey of World Literature since 1650 | ||
| Survey of American Lit to the Civil War | ||
| Survey of American Lit since Civil War | ||
| Survey of British Lit to 18th Century | ||
| Survey of Brit Lit since Romantic Period | ||
| Select at least six hours of modern/ancient language at the 2000-level 1 | 6 | |
| Select six hours of History (HIST) 2 | 6 | |
| Select three hours of humanities from the following: 3 | 3 | |
African American Studies | ||
Classical Civilization | ||
| Humanities and the Environment | ||
| Introduction to Gender Studies | ||
| Introduction to Queer Studies | ||
| Topics in Gender and Culture | ||
| Women, Gender & the Environment | ||
| Theories in Gender | ||
| Men, Women, and Greek Life | ||
| Gender and Sexuality in Cinema | ||
| Gender and Sexuality in the Media | ||
| Advanced Queer Studies | ||
Philosophy | ||
Religion | ||
Southern Studies (Any 1000 level only) | ||
| Introduction to Rhetoric | ||
| Interdisciplinary Humanities | ||
| Humanities and the Experience of War | ||
| Advanced Interdisciplinary Humanities | ||
| Select three hours of fine and performing arts from the following: | 3 | |
Art History | ||
| Dance Appreciation | ||
| Introduction to Music Literature | ||
| Fundamentals of Music Theory | ||
| Introduction to Music | ||
| Introduction to World Music Cultures | ||
| Music Theory and Analysis I | ||
| Appreciation of the Theatre | ||
| Introduction to Cinema | ||
| Introduction to the Fine Arts | ||
| Interdisciplinary Arts | ||
| Advanced Interdisciplinary Arts | ||
| Select three hours of Math at the 1000 level or above 4 | 3 | |
| Select six hours in social science from the following: | 6 | |
Anthropology | ||
Economics | ||
Political Science | ||
Psychology | ||
Sociology | ||
| Interdisciplinary Social Sciences | ||
| Advanced Interdisc Social Science | ||
| 3 science courses, of which 2 must have labs 5 | 9-11 | |
Astronomy OR Physics (must be 2 courses in Astronomy or 2 courses in Physics) | ||
Biology | ||
Chemistry | ||
Geology | ||
| Integrated Science I | ||
| Integrated Science II | ||
| Interdisciplinary Sciences | ||
| Interdisciplinary Lab Sciences | ||
| Advanced Interdisciplinary Sciences | ||
| Advanced Interdisciplinary Lab Sciences | ||
| Total Hours | 48-50 | |
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Modern Languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, & Swahili.
Classics: Ancient Greek and Latin.
Communication Sciences & Disorders: American Sign Language
Philosophy and Religion: Hebrew
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Freshmen may not register for 3000 level courses.
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In addition, gender studies courses that are cross-listed with African American studies, classical civilization, English, modern languages, philosophy, or religion curses will satisfy this requirement.
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Except for MATH 2451 Mathematics for Elementary Teachers I and MATH 2452 Mathematics for Elementary Teachers II.
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Courses may be chosen from astronomy, biology, chemistry, geology, LIBA 2050 Interdisciplinary Sciences, LIBA 2051 Interdisciplinary Lab Sciences, LIBA 1500 Integrated Science I, LIBA 1510 Integrated Science II, LIBA 3150 Advanced Interdisciplinary Sciences, LIBA 3151 Advanced Interdisciplinary Lab Sciences and physics. Two semesters of coursework in one subject and one semester in a subject from another department are required. Each course must be a minimum of 3 credit hours. At least two of the courses taken must include laboratories. For some classes, the required laboratory will be an additional 1-hour course. For example, a student might take two 3-hour lecture courses in chemistry along with the two associated 1-hour laboratory courses, and one 3-hour course in biology without laboratory. As a second example, a student might take two 4-hour lecture/laboratory courses in geology and one 3-hour course in astronomy. As a third example, a student might take two chemistry courses, one with lab and one without, and a geology course with lab. Note that a student taking the required 6 hours of one subject (astronomy or physics) from the Department of Physics and Astronomy must take the remaining 3 hours from another department. ASTR 1110 Descriptive Astronomy does not include laboratory work; ASTR 1212 Intro Astronomy of the Solar System and ASTR 1312 Intro Astronomy of Stars and Galaxies include laboratory work and satisfy the requirements for lab-based science credits. A student may not receive credit for taking ASTR 1110 Descriptive Astronomy with either ASTR 1212 Intro Astronomy of the Solar System or ASTR 1312 Intro Astronomy of Stars and Galaxies.
Major Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Major Requirements | ||
| PPLD 1010 | Foundations of Public Policy Leadership | 3 |
| PPLD 2100 | Public Policy Research Methods | 3 |
| PPLD 2120 | Critical Thinking, Comm & Public Policy | 3 |
| PPLD 3000 | Public Policy and Ethical Analysis | 3 |
| PPLD 3100 | Public Policy Design and Analysis | 3 |
| POLS 1010 | Introduction to American Politics | 3 |
| ECON 2020 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| ECON 2030 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| 18 additional hours of 3000-level or 4000-level PPLD courses. | 18 | |
| Students are required to take at least one class at the 3000 level or above in each of the following three categories: | ||
| Leadership/Organization | ||
| Theories of Governance and Governing | ||
| Philosophy of Leadership | ||
| Nonprofit Organizations | ||
| Introduction to Public Administration | ||
| Leadership in Public Policy Setting | ||
| Grant Writing for Nonprofits | ||
| Civic Engagement, Pub Policy & Dem in US | ||
| Advanced Quantitative Methods | ||
| Topics in Leadership/Organization | ||
| Washington Policy Process | ||
| Domestic Policies | ||
| The Corporation and Public Policy | ||
| Philosophy & Diversity in Public Policy | ||
| Punishment Policy | ||
| Disaster Policy | ||
| Homeland Security Policy | ||
| Early Childhood Policy in the U.S. | ||
| Regional Economic Development | ||
| Women and Public Policy in the U.S. | ||
| Social Policy | ||
| Civic Engagement, Pub Policy & Dem in US | ||
| Food Policy & Agriculture Systems | ||
| Science, Technology, & Public Policy | ||
| Education Policy | ||
| Policy Response to Poverty in the U.S. | ||
| Health Policy | ||
| Advanced Quantitative Methods | ||
| Topics in Domestic Policies | ||
| International Policies | ||
| Issues in Global Economics | ||
| Economic Geographies of Globalization | ||
| Global Border Policies | ||
| Philosophical Foundation of Human Rights | ||
| Global Perspectives, Issues, & Policies | ||
| Policymaking and Governance in China | ||
| Geographies of Conservatism | ||
| World Regions: Geography and Policy | ||
| Global Environmental Issues | ||
| Geography of Religion and Belief Systems | ||
| Public Policies of European Union | ||
| Topics in International Policies | ||
| Total Hours | 42 | |
The same course may not satisfy more than one category. Students can use
up to 6 credit hours of study abroad (PPLD 4960 Topics in Pub Policy Leadership Abroad), up to 6 credit hours of
thesis (PPLD 4997A Thesis I and PPLD 4997B Thesis II), and up to 3 credit hours of internship (PPLD 4990 Internship) toward the major, but the total credit hours used toward
the major from all three combined (study abroad, thesis, and internship)
cannot be over 9 credit hours.
PPL Electives
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| PPLD 3600 | Global Perspectives, Issues, & Policies | 3 |
| PPLD 4970 | Washington Policy Process | 3 |
| PPLD 3980 | Problems in Public Policy Leadership | 3 |
| PPLD 3850 | Food Policy & Agriculture Systems | 3 |
| PPLD 4900 | Individual Study | 3 |
| PPLD 3300 | Global Border Policies | 3 |
| PPLD 3840 | Civic Engagement, Pub Policy & Dem in US | 3 |
| PPLD 3830 | Social Policy | 3 |
| PPLD 4920 | Topics in Domestic Policies | 3 |
| PPLD 3770 | Women and Public Policy in the U.S. | 3 |
| PPLD 3730 | Leadership in Public Policy Setting | 3 |
| PPLD 3290 | Economic Geographies of Globalization | 3 |
| PPLD 4960 | Topics in Pub Policy Leadership Abroad | 1-6 |
| PPLD 3280 | The Corporation and Public Policy | 3 |
| PPLD 4910 | Topics in Leadership/Organization | 3 |
| PPLD 3610 | Disaster Policy | 3 |
| PPLD 4010 | Directed Readings in PPL | 3 |
| PPLD 3700 | Philosophy of Leadership | 3 |
| PPLD 3420 | Philosophy & Diversity in Public Policy | 3 |
| PPLD 4990 | Internship | 3-6 |
| PPLD 3740 | Grant Writing for Nonprofits | 3 |
| PPLD 3400 | Philosophical Foundation of Human Rights | 3 |
| PPLD 4999A | Special Topics | 3 |
| PPLD 3750 | Regional Economic Development | 3 |
| PPLD 3200 | Issues in Global Economics | 3 |
| PPLD 3860 | Science, Technology, & Public Policy | 3 |
| PPLD 2999A | Topics in Public Policy Leadership | 3 |
| PPLD 3810 | Global Environmental Issues | 3 |
| PPLD 3880 | Public Policies of European Union | 3 |
| PPLD 3710 | Nonprofit Organizations | 3 |
| PPLD 3900 | Health Policy | 3 |
| PPLD 3720 | Introduction to Public Administration | 3 |
| PPLD 4930 | Topics in International Policies | 3 |
| PPLD 3820 | Geography of Religion and Belief Systems | 3 |
| PPLD 3780 | Geographies of Conservatism | 3 |
| PPLD 3620 | Homeland Security Policy | 3 |
| PPLD 3870 | Education Policy | 3 |
| PPLD 3890 | Policy Response to Poverty in the U.S. | 3 |
| PPLD 3630 | Early Childhood Policy in the U.S. | 3 |
| PPLD 3800 | World Regions: Geography and Policy | 3 |
| PPLD 3310 | Political Philosophy | 3 |
| PPLD 3760 | Policymaking and Governance in China | 3 |
Public Policy Residency
Students must earn at least 12 hours of their major courses in residence.
Overall Major GPA
Please contact your academic advisor for grade point requirements.
Resident Major GPA
Please contact your academic advisor for grade point requirements.